Opportunity Costs

moultano

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<!--quoteo--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE</div><div class='quotemain'><!--quotec-->While there is some disagreement on the idea of troop deadlines for US soldiers in Iraq, all sides seem to be on board with the amount included in the bill to fund the war.

Including the $124.2 billion bill, the total cost of the Iraq war may reach $456 billion in September, according to the National Priorities Project, an organization that tracks public spending.

The amount got us wondering: What would $456 billion buy?<!--QuoteEnd--></div><!--QuoteEEnd-->

Rapier7

It could fund 80% of Social Security's expenditures for one year.

TOmekki

$456 000 000 000 spent on bombing a desert

its sad state of affairs

BlackMage

5,785,407 maxed out Dell PowerEdge 6950 server (US$78,819) and upwards of $5600 in change

GreyFlcn

<!--quoteo(post=1625351:date=May 6 2007, 11:02 PM:name=TOmekki)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(TOmekki @ May 6 2007, 11:02 PM) [snapback]1625351[/snapback]</div><div class='quotemain'><!--quotec-->
$456 000 000 000 spent on bombing a desert

its sad state of affairs
<!--QuoteEnd--></div><!--QuoteEEnd-->
Yeah, think what other cool stuff we could have blown up with that kind of money.
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